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By: barkinghttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-848095
Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:10:37 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-848095Two words: Speed bumps
]]>By: Terry Gelberhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-843729
Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:09:17 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-843729Revamping the rules is a good idea. But be aware that Current drivers rule 2-59 (a) requires a driver to check the trunk if used on a trip to any of the local airports.
And of course the driver has a moral obligation to check the trunk, and if the driver was out of the cab helping to unload the luggage it would not be a factor. Unfortuneately some drivers do not get out of the cab when dropping passengers at the airport. MOST DO but there will always be a few that do not.

Terry Gelber
Director, Master Cabbie Taxi Academy
mastercabbie.com

]]>By: Ralphinjerseyhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842907
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:35:16 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842907Does the “trunk-check” rule apply if the passenger doesn’t put anything in the trunk? All it says here is that it’s mandatory — and, as we all know from airport experience, rules are rules. Bend them just a little and the terrorists have won.
]]>By: nykerhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842723
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:24:07 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842723Is there any way to stop the cab drivers from constant talking on their cells, even if they are not hand-held? It seems the rider is paying for a reasonably quiet ride and should be able to have one. No other workers are permitted to talk the entire time that they are working.
And I agree about the air conditioner problem. It can be life-threatening in hot weather if the rider has a respiratory or cardiac problem.
]]>By: keijo kakkahttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842661
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:03:06 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842661in europe cab drivers are not allowed to use cellphones while driving, hands free set is ok. same rules for casual drivers.
]]>By: Robert C Guenveurhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842639
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:46:12 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842639As a NYC cabbie (13 years) and car service driver (7 years) I am appalled by the new crop of drivers.
Other than that they can’t drive, don’t know the language, and don’t know the City, let alone the other boroughs, they are perfect.
Complain.
You don’t have to spend time at a hearing. If you file a complaint the driver has to show up,you don’t.
Let him spend a morning at the TLC contemplating his decision to emigrate from Godknowswhereistan, only to misbehave here.
Perhaps if the various morons at the TLC knew anything about the industry it would help. They don’t and never will. NYC goverment at its best.
]]>By: a.http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842507
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:03:07 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842507Kevin Henderson, you can stop being defensive about your middle-class white neighborhood. It’s not that the drivers are scared of your neighborhood, it’s that they don’t want to deadhead back to Manhattan. If you offer a large cash tip up front, you will probably get different results — it works for me when I need a cab ride into Brooklyn.
]]>By: Brooklynhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842435
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:16:00 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842435“Those hornblowing, homicidal maniacs” are not taxi drivers. According to the most recent studies, NYC taxi drivers are the safest drivers in New York per 100,000 miles driven. But reality and facts have never trumped bigotry.

Going to Riverdale in the Bronx has nothing to do with it being a nice or bad neighborhood. It has to do with losing money because they have to ride empty until they get another passenger which means having to return empty to Manhattan. It’s economics.

]]>By: steve from brooklynhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842405
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:51:12 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842405Are there ant NYT readers who have antthing nice to say about the taxi industry?
]]>By: Michael Lynnhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842197
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:39:05 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842197How about if cab drivers know how to DRIVE before they are allowed to get jobs as cab drivers. This means not cutting across 4 lanes of traffic to race to a fare, thus endangering other motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians alike. I’ve seen it happen so many times that I really have no respect for these “drivers” whatsoever.
]]>By: jaceyhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842071
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:31:32 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842071In the hottest of summer days, the TLS requires only that a cab driver “attempt” to turn on an installed air-conditioner, but does NOT require hime to have a working piece of equipment. Nor does it penalize a driver for refusing to allow an elderly passenger to leave the cab on a sweltering summer day in the presence of non-functioning equipment in the cab. The commission also discourages appeals of their ruling in such matters.

Why are taxis required to have air-conditioners when the air-conditioners are NOT required to work? The driver should be penalized for non-working equipment; the passenger should be allowed to opt -out of such cabs; and the driver should be required to notify the passenger in advance of starting the trip.

Such a rule is necessary fpr the safety and well-being of new yorkers, tourists, and all passengers.

jacey

]]>By: John Coryathttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842053
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:09:46 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842053“How about ten cents is deducted from the meter each time a cabby blows the horn”

That’s the best idea I’ve ever heard of! The noise level in the city would drop to half in a single stroke of a pen.

]]>By: bill mkyzlhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842045
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:55:07 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842045There is a rule already that cabbies check the back seat after a passenger leaves after every ride. Kind of obvious at the airport. Nothing major here.
]]>By: rahhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842021
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:03:37 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842021The most brilliant solution for the city’s horn problem is to tie the horn’s volume to a vehicle’s speed. So the slower a car is moving, the quieter its horn is. Simple and elegant.
]]>By: Kevin Hendersonhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/comment-page-1/#comment-842001
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:37:31 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/more-rule-changes-in-store-for-cabdrivers/#comment-842001Cabbies regularly tell me they wont drive me to Riverdale the Bronx, even though I am already sitting in the cab. For those who dont know, Riverdale is really nice neighborhood of double-income mostly white Jewish folks. How can a cabbie not know about Riverdale, versus the let’s say the South Bronx?

None of this matters to the cabbies, who are happy to yell at me to get out of the cab (there’s so many levels of unfortunate irony when that happens).

Complaining means having to take time out of work and appear. Obviously the cabbies know that too. I still try now and then to catch a cab. Same results the last 3 times in 3 months. Obviously this is a big problem that gets virtually no attention.

The revised rules will not _actually_ fix any of the above, so there it is.